“Life is in full swing, there are cars, buyers are going,” said Nikita Gudkov, deputy editor of Za Rulem, who personally went to see what Lada car sales are like now.
At the very first dealership (the name was deliberately not mentioned), he saw a rather favorable picture – complete car transporters with brand new cars, all models are presented for a test drive, even the rare “ring” Vesta Sport. The saloon is full of cars, salesmen are in “battle” readiness.
“There are still cars, but it’s quite difficult with deliveries because the factory doesn’t have enough components, so the choice is still limited,” said the car dealer’s manager.
From the shortfall: Vesta on the variator, the cars are likely, but already in a restyled version, which by all plans should appear in May, but is postponed due to the current situation. X-ray cars are also sold out. Will and or not – the seller does not know.
Our journalist asked how much you can now ‘actually’ buy a Grant, and not according to the price list. A sedan will cost 800 thousand rubles, not to say that dealers offer a lot of additional equipment in the cargo, it’s just that the price itself has increased a lot. Vesta – from 1 million 100 thousand rubles, Largus – from 1 million 300 thousand rubles. There are still plenty of these cars. As prices have risen, consumers need time to get used to it.
Dealers first expect Grant, without ABS and airbags. The preliminary price “behind the scenes” of such a car is from 600 thousand rubles, but more precisely will be known later.
The manager says there is a demand for cars, he was encouraged by the fact that loan offers have become more accessible, especially recently, after the key rate was cut. As a result, customers appeared, the number of credit transactions increased several times compared to February-March-April.
Summer is not the “highest” season in terms of demand for cars, but buyers still return to car dealers, people have some financial security, plus they understand that major brands have left the market, so there is ambiguity about the maintenance of such cars and parts. This arouses interest in domestic cars. “Lada is not going anywhere, it always will be,” summed up the manager of the car dealership company.